A woman disappears on her way to work. A man is convicted of her murder. But this case is different. Though the police believe they have the right man, key components of the prosecution case are missing. There is no body of the victim, no witnesses to the crime, no confession and no physical evidence: no DNA, CCTV or murder weapon.

2 out of 5 stars

Biased

By
jeannie mcnichols
on
09-07-19

The Home Front: Life in America During World War II

By:
Audible Original

Narrated by:
Martin Sheen

Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,882

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,425

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,414

[Contains some explicit content] Narrated by award-winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War II takes listeners into the lives of Americans at home who supported the war effort and sustained the country during wartime. The war brought immediate, life-changing shifts; from the rationing of butter, to an explosion of war-related jobs, to mixed-signals about the role of women in society. Feel what living in the United States was like for everyday people during this disruptive and uncertain period of American history in the newest Audible Original series. Martha Little is the Executive Producer. Dan Gediman is the Series Producer.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent! But incessant breaks with credits along the way.

By
Bradley Justice
on
09-11-17

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

By:
Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
695

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
642

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
638

How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.

4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect

By
Jim
on
09-11-19

The Institute

A Novel

By:
Stephen King

Narrated by:
Santino Fontana

Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
744

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
696

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
691

In a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’ parents and load him into a black SUV. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same way Luke did. In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts.

5 out of 5 stars

Top Five King Novel

By
MK
on
09-12-19

The Sisters

By:
Dervla McTiernan

Narrated by:
Aoife McMahon

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,413

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,050

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,028

In this prequel to the international bestseller The Ruin, set 10 years prior, bright-eyed Carrie Ryan is at the very start of her career. When she has a hunch about an ongoing murder investigation, she knows it could be her only chance to prove herself and truly break into the “boy’s club” of Dublin’s police force.

5 out of 5 stars

Look forward to hearing more from this author

By
C. E. Pitchford
on
09-09-19

The Mystwick School of Musicraft

By:
Jessica Khoury

Narrated by:
Suzy Jackson

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,026

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
952

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
949

Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world’s most promising musicians learn to create magic. But then she botches her audition and her dream comes to an abrupt and humiliating end - until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't.

5 out of 5 stars

What a cute story!

By
Anonymous User
on
09-07-19

Press Pause

A Young Person's Guide to Managing Life's Challenges

By:
Catherine Singer

Narrated by:
Catherine Singer

Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
109

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
95

Story

4 out of 5 stars
93

The world can be a difficult place to navigate for kids. Between academic pressures, changing friendships, and a turbulent world, the need for mindfulness is especially important. Kids’ wellness expert Catherine Singer has created six meditations, each specially crafted to help kids navigate a particular challenge.

5 out of 5 stars

Speaks effectively to teens (and adults!)

By
Brendan Ross
on
09-10-19

The Testaments

The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

By:
Margaret Atwood

Narrated by:
Derek Jacobi,
Mae Whitman,
Ann Dowd,
and others

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
579

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
533

Story

5 out of 5 stars
527

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic - and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

5 out of 5 stars

Atwood KILLED IT

By
Amazon Customer
on
09-13-19

Thick

And Other Essays

By:
Tressie McMillan Cottom

Narrated by:
Tressie McMillan Cottom

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
287

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
254

Story

5 out of 5 stars
254

Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time.” (Rebecca Traister) In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.

4 out of 5 stars

A different perspective

By
ANNE
on
08-13-19

Body of Proof

An Audible Original

By:
Darrell Brown,
Sophie Ellis

Narrated by:
Darrell Brown,
Sophie Ellis

Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,752

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,617

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,613

A woman disappears on her way to work. A man is convicted of her murder. But this case is different. Though the police believe they have the right man, key components of the prosecution case are missing. There is no body of the victim, no witnesses to the crime, no confession and no physical evidence: no DNA, CCTV or murder weapon.

2 out of 5 stars

Biased

By
jeannie mcnichols
on
09-07-19

The Home Front: Life in America During World War II

By:
Audible Original

Narrated by:
Martin Sheen

Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,882

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,425

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,414

[Contains some explicit content] Narrated by award-winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War II takes listeners into the lives of Americans at home who supported the war effort and sustained the country during wartime. The war brought immediate, life-changing shifts; from the rationing of butter, to an explosion of war-related jobs, to mixed-signals about the role of women in society. Feel what living in the United States was like for everyday people during this disruptive and uncertain period of American history in the newest Audible Original series. Martha Little is the Executive Producer. Dan Gediman is the Series Producer.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent! But incessant breaks with credits along the way.

By
Bradley Justice
on
09-11-17

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

By:
Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
695

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
642

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
638

How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.

4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect

By
Jim
on
09-11-19

The Institute

A Novel

By:
Stephen King

Narrated by:
Santino Fontana

Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
744

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
696

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
691

In a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’ parents and load him into a black SUV. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same way Luke did. In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts.

5 out of 5 stars

Top Five King Novel

By
MK
on
09-12-19

The Sisters

By:
Dervla McTiernan

Narrated by:
Aoife McMahon

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,413

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,050

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,028

In this prequel to the international bestseller The Ruin, set 10 years prior, bright-eyed Carrie Ryan is at the very start of her career. When she has a hunch about an ongoing murder investigation, she knows it could be her only chance to prove herself and truly break into the “boy’s club” of Dublin’s police force.

5 out of 5 stars

Look forward to hearing more from this author

By
C. E. Pitchford
on
09-09-19

The Mystwick School of Musicraft

By:
Jessica Khoury

Narrated by:
Suzy Jackson

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,026

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
952

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
949

Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world’s most promising musicians learn to create magic. But then she botches her audition and her dream comes to an abrupt and humiliating end - until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't.

5 out of 5 stars

What a cute story!

By
Anonymous User
on
09-07-19

Press Pause

A Young Person's Guide to Managing Life's Challenges

By:
Catherine Singer

Narrated by:
Catherine Singer

Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
109

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
95

Story

4 out of 5 stars
93

The world can be a difficult place to navigate for kids. Between academic pressures, changing friendships, and a turbulent world, the need for mindfulness is especially important. Kids’ wellness expert Catherine Singer has created six meditations, each specially crafted to help kids navigate a particular challenge.

5 out of 5 stars

Speaks effectively to teens (and adults!)

By
Brendan Ross
on
09-10-19

The Testaments

The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

By:
Margaret Atwood

Narrated by:
Derek Jacobi,
Mae Whitman,
Ann Dowd,
and others

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
579

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
533

Story

5 out of 5 stars
527

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic - and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

5 out of 5 stars

Atwood KILLED IT

By
Amazon Customer
on
09-13-19

Thick

And Other Essays

By:
Tressie McMillan Cottom

Narrated by:
Tressie McMillan Cottom

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
287

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
254

Story

5 out of 5 stars
254

Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time.” (Rebecca Traister) In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.

4 out of 5 stars

A different perspective

By
ANNE
on
08-13-19

Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark

By:
Stephanie K. Smith

Length: Not Yet Known

Original Recording

Overall

0 out of 5 stars
0

Performance

0 out of 5 stars
0

Story

0 out of 5 stars
0

Tourmaline Larou lives an idyllic life of learning by day and partying by night. An aspiring poet, her future promises nothing less than brilliance. Then, Vignette Stonemoss walks through the door, and Tourmaline’s world is upended. As she struggles to understand the effect this stranger has on her, Tourmaline and her fellow fae face a looming threat from the human world. War is on the horizon, and their very existence is at stake. And Tourmaline will discover whether love will save her - or destroy her.

The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey

By:
James Lecesne

Narrated by:
James Lecesne

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,230

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
1,149

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,146

One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant 14-year-old boy who goes missing. A luminous force of nature whose magic is only truly felt once he is gone, Leonard becomes an unexpected inspiration as the town’s citizens question how they live, who they love, and what they leave behind.

4 out of 5 stars

Sad

By
Elisabeth
on
09-06-19

Educated

A Memoir

By:
Tara Westover

Narrated by:
Julia Whelan

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
70,635

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
63,710

Story

5 out of 5 stars
63,483

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.

5 out of 5 stars

The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains

By
Darwin8u
on
03-28-18

Becoming

By:
Michelle Obama

Narrated by:
Michelle Obama

Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
117,608

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
106,823

Story

5 out of 5 stars
106,284

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.

3 out of 5 stars

great until she starts bashing Republicans

By
Lauren Kathleen
on
09-03-19

Where the Crawdads Sing

By:
Delia Owens

Narrated by:
Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
106,940

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
96,997

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96,668

For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.

3 out of 5 stars

I really tried to love the story.

By
Holly Dale Becker
on
04-23-19

It

By:
Stephen King

Narrated by:
Steven Weber

Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
41,675

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
38,430

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
38,305

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Audiobook! Editing Clarification

By
jeverett
on
10-06-17

The Goldfinch

By:
Donna Tartt

Narrated by:
David Pittu

Length: 32 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
29,864

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
27,226

Story

4 out of 5 stars
27,245

The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity. It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.

2 out of 5 stars

Boy, am I in the minority on this one.

By
Bonny
on
11-04-13

Free to Focus

A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

By:
Michael Hyatt

Narrated by:
Michael Hyatt

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
274

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
232

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
232

Most think productivity is just about getting more done at a faster speed. But it's not. Productivity is about getting the right things done. New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt has created a total productivity system that's much more than endless box checking. Proven by more than 25,000 professionals, this system helps overwhelmed leaders achieve what matters most so they can succeed at both work and life.

5 out of 5 stars

Making productivity simple

By
David Peyton
on
08-15-19

Can't Hurt Me

Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

By:
David Goggins

Narrated by:
David Goggins,
Adam Skolnick

Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
64,573

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
58,476

Story

5 out of 5 stars
58,314

For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.